THE South Midlands area will again host a total of 15 meetings for the 2000 season when local owners and riders will be bidding for the region's annual awards which will be newly-sponsored by property consultants, Knight Frank

The sport of point-to-pointing continues to grow apace and no more so than in this region which last year played host to 109 races, receiving a total of 1,062 entries.

The Racing Channel will be televising three meetings in the South Midlands area: Barbury Castle (Jan 23), Mollington (Jan 30) and Heythrop (April 11). SOUTH MIDLANDS MEETINGS

January

Sun 23 PPORA at Barbury Castle

Sun 30 SMAC at Mollington

February

Sun13 Farmers Bloodhounds at Heythrop

Sat 19 Oxford University at Kingston Blount

March

Sun 5 Bicester/Whaddon Chase at Mollington

Sat 11 Oakley at Newton Bromswold

Sat 25 VWH at Siddington

Sun 26 Grafton at Mollington

April

Tues 11 Heythrop at Heythrop

Sat 15 Bicester/Whaddon Chase at Kingston Blount

Sat 22 Vale of Aylesbury at Kimble

Mon 24 Old Berks at Lockinge

May

Mon 1 Warwickshire at Ashorne

Sat 13 Vale of Aylesbury at Kingston Blount

Sun 28 B & B Draghounds at Kingston Blount

Story date: Wednesday 29 December

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